Identifying and understanding long-distance travel demand by combining official transport statistics and survey data

• DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.068
• Publication Date: 2024-01-16T12:38:06Z
• Authors: Angelika Schulz; Miriam Magdolen; Bastian Chlond; Tobias Kuhnimhof; Katja Köhler
• Keywords: Travel survey

While much is known about everyday travel of the German population, long-distance still underreported. The main data source, national survey "Mobility in Germany (MiD)", cannot simply be used to describe demand: complex extrapolations and complementary are necessary obtain a consistent picture. presented approach 'data fusion' integrates different sources provide overall demand. result reveals that almost half total transport performance residential population (46 % passenger kilometers) accounted for by trips at least 100 km (one-way distance).